Job costing software NZ
Job costing software for New Zealand builders
MARGIN is built for small and mid-sized NZ building and trade businesses that want to know, job by job, whether the work made money — and what to charge next time.
NZ$30 per month including GST after the trial. Cancel any time.
Why builders lose margin without job costing
A job can look busy and still lose money. Wages rise, a subcontractor comes in higher than allowed, two days of extra work never gets written up as a variation, and the margin quietly disappears. Without costing the job back against the estimate, the same mistake gets priced into the next quote.
How MARGIN costs a job
Costs recorded as they happen
Labour, materials, subcontractors, other direct costs and approved variations go in as individual entries, so a job's cost is a ledger you can check, not one number you typed.
Labour at your internal cost
Actual labour is always costed at your loaded internal cost per hour, never at what you charge the client. That is the difference between a real margin and a flattering one.
Estimate against actual
Back cost a finished job and see hours, each cost category, variations, gross profit, margin and every variance side by side. Export it as a PDF.
Charge-up as well as fixed price
Time-and-materials jobs use the same entry system and produce a client progress claim with no internal cost or profit data on it.
Set the rate first, then cost the job
Costing only helps if the starting rate is sound. MARGIN builds your break-even and target hourly rate from your annualised recoverable operating costs and your actual productive hours, then applies your target markup. See how a builder's charge-out rate is calculated.
Does it replace construction management software?
No, and it isn't trying to. If you need scheduling, site diaries or a client portal, keep using the tool that does that. MARGIN handles pricing, costing and profitability — the part those tools usually treat as an afterthought.
NZ$30 per month including GST after the trial. Cancel any time.